Desserts
Perfect chocolate brownies
This is our most perfect chocolate brownie recipe. It’s everything you want in a brownie – fudgy, dark and chocolatey. Serve these brownies warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream and you’ll understand what happiness is.
Ingredients
- butter: 225g/8oz butter (preferably unsalted)
- caster sugar: 450g/1lb caster sugar
- dark chocolate: 140g/5oz dark chocolate, broken into pieces
- eggs: 5 free-range medium eggs
- plain flour: 110g/4oz plain flour
- cocoa powder: 55g/2oz cocoa powder
Method
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Heat the oven to 190C/170C Fan/Gas 5. Line a 20x30cm/8x12in baking tin with baking paper.
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Gently melt the butter and the sugar together in a large pan. Once melted, take off the heat and add the chocolate. Stir until melted.
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Beat in the eggs, then stir in the flour and the cocoa powder.
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Pour the brownie batter into the prepared tin and bake for 30–35 minutes, or until the top of the brownie is just firm but there is still a gentle wobble in the middle.
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Take out of the oven and leave to cool in the tin. Cut the brownies into 5cm/2in squares when only just warm, or completely cool.
Perfect chocolate brownies